Over the past few years, the amount of units sold in the window industry has been on a steady decline. However, Ducker Research Co. based in Troy, MI has recently shown in a report that the demand for replacement windows is projected to increase by 10.5 percent by the end of this year, to a total of 43 million units. ...

This is the second part of our Question & Answer segment with Greg Irving, VP of Sales and Marketing. RW: What is your opinion of the emergence of the Franchise Model of selling replacement windows, and what does it mean in terms of the change in prices and the way windows travel from the factory to the customer ...

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing the VP of Sales & Marketing over at Soft-Lite Windows. With more than 30 years in the window & door industry, Mr. Irving spoke confidently about Soft-Lite Window Products and the direction that he sees making the most sense in days to come. This is the first part of ...

It seems that “green” movements sometimes get carried away. There are too many committees, subcommittees, and organizations ready-at-hand to lobby for less expensive energy efficient windows and doors, promote campaigns that call for purchase of these products, and innovation in manufacturing new, more ...

Just recently, the Pella Pressroom announced that Pella has been selected as one of the fifty manufacturers of replacement windows that will be participating in the Department of Energy’s new Window Volume Purchase Program. This is a new incentive that may be appealing for those of you who are planning on doing ...

As we’ve said before, there are a lot of different window options out there: some seem “ridiculously” priced, and others not so much, but the bottom line is that everyone would give up every other aspect of the window they planned on purchasing before giving up quality. This is the most important ...

INDIANA, PA – Despite a declining month of May in various indexes in the markets, Gorell Windows & Doors LLC managed to create 19 new jobs at their Indiana County, PA location. It would seem that there is hope for those who have been unemployed, after all, especially with a business dedicated to the ...

Thinking about Replacement Windows Purchase As the Summer approaches, the temperature is rising and Winter will soon be forgotten. However, toward the end of the season, when the Fall reminds us once again that the cold weather will come here to stay, it’s hard not to think about ways to winterize the house. ...

Contact made to various Public Relations contacts, Managers, and Executives of some big name window manufacturers was initiated a short time ago in hopes of collecting some information directly from the source. Companies contacted include, but are not limited to: Pella, Andersen, Gorell, Champion, Marvin, and ...

NEW YORK, NY – Johnson Controls, a global industry leader in providing services and solutions, has selected Serious Materials to super-insulate over 6,000 windows for the Empire State Building’s new energy efficiency initiative. The specific contract is that Serious Materials will provide its SeriousGlass ...